Communication, Meaning and Misconceptions: How to Help, Heal and Hurt with Language - Couverture souple

Janicki, Karol

 
9783031525049: Communication, Meaning and Misconceptions: How to Help, Heal and Hurt with Language
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3031525043 ISBN 13 : 9783031525049
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2024

Synopsis

This book covers several related topics anchored in the idea of how meaning is created. The central focus in the book is, however, on how language awareness may help us communicate smoothly and solve social problems. The book takes up language misconceptions and their social significance, and promotes the view that regarding meaning (and language in general) as open and flexible, rather than closed and rigid, may lead to critical thinking, innovation, and creativity. The book covers topics such as words and things, words and emotions, fake news and hate speech, and it has been written in the form of short informal dialogues to engage readers and make linguistic concepts accessible. 

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À propos de l?auteur

Karol Janicki is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Bergen, Norway. His recent research interests have focused on language and conflict, lay people's language problems, language and education, general semantics, applied cognitive linguistics, and socio-political aspects of language.

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3031525043
ISBN 13 
9783031525049
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
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